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IN the blue corner we have Scotland requiring all inbound international passengers to quarantine at an airport hotel. In the red corner England, where only those arriving from the red list countries need do the same. At present both systems are flawed. What we need is to develop and agree a national policy. Instead we are swinging political punches in a blame game with no winners ( Sturgeon threatens to shut border over loophole row , The Herald, February 16). Air passenger numbers are low. It is illegal to go on holiday. Anyone flying requires a negative test before travelling. Everyone has to self-isolate for 10 days on arrival. Scotland s current well-intentioned policy has backfired due to a loophole which actively encourages travellers to arrive via England instead.
The council said blanket policies that apply to entire nations were âneither effective nor productiveâ.
Britain currently bans travel from a so-called âred listâ of 33 nations where new variants of the virus are spreading.
The UAE is among the 33 countries on the list, which also includes South Africa and all of South America.
Other European countries have put travel bans on British travellers because of the UK strain of the virus.
Gloria Guevara, president of the WTTC, said examining the risk of individual travellers was the key to reviving international travel.
âWe need to learn from past experiences and crises such as 9/11,â she said.
By Scott Wright A SPECIALIST food and drink wholesaler which worked with a host of Scotland’s best-known brands has closed down after falling into administration, leading to 21 redundancies and fears small producers will be left out of pocket. Twenty-one employees have been made redundant at Cumbernauld-based Food and Drink Hub (Scotland), which helped brands such as Edinburgh Gin, Pickering’s Gin, Innis & Gunn, West Brewery, Fyne Ales, Ramsay of Scotland, Bells and Malcolm Allan gain listings in major supermarkets and catering companies. Joint administrators Paul Dounis and Gareth Harris of RSM Restructuring Advisory were appointed following a review of the business, which resulted in its immediate closure and redundancies. Efforts to secure investment were not successful.